Honkai Star Rail: Starting With Marrying Acheron

Planning a suitable ceremony room didn't have to be complicated.

And it didn't have to be the same wedding ceremony as in Lin Shuang's memory.

To put it bluntly, in essence, it only required a formal recognition.

This time, Lin Shuang prepared a more classical wedding ceremony that was once popular on the Azure Star.

The reason she didn't use the same method as Acheron was simple.

One was to adapt to local customs, and the other was...

Well, she simply didn't want to use the same wedding ceremony she had with Acheron on someone else.

At the very least, she didn't want to use it on a doll.

After all, to put it bluntly, she just wanted to draw more cards, not do anything meaningful.

The decoration of the room wasn't complicated. Lin Shuang changed Herta's doll into a blue dress.

It was said that these clothes were once used in ceremonies.

Lin Shuang also changed into a new set.

Once all the preparations were complete, the ceremony officially began.

At this moment—

Since Herta was still focusing most of her energy on simulating the universe, the cracking speed was a little slower.

Of course, Herta had never planned to connect directly to the puppet. She simply reconnected the puppet and projected its perspective onto herself.

Then—

The moment the projection unfolded, there was an opening lightning strike!

As someone whose home planet was The Blue, Herta, though indifferent, was fully aware of the outfit and layout before her, as well as every move Lin Shuang made.

It was all part of a traditional wedding ceremony on The Blue!

"Hah...?"

Even someone as knowledgeable as Herta was speechless for a moment.

Did this woman have some kind of brain disease?

If she truly desired Herta's beauty, she should have just said so directly.

So many people in this world praised her looks and adored her. Lin Shuang was no exception.

She was just a doll. Married or not, Herta didn't care. Just don't use her name to scam people.

Was there really a need to go through so much trouble and even set up a signal shield?

Herta was drawn into this ridiculous situation.

It was enough to make her laugh.

How did such a foolish little woman embark on the path to immortality?

But Herta had never cared about such things.

Besides, a girl who couldn't even confess her feelings face-to-face wouldn't have the courage to do anything drastic.

...

At this moment, Lin Shuang smoothly completed the simple marriage process.

She didn't realize that what she was doing was being broadcast live by Herta.

Then, just as the ceremony officially ended, a message from Herta appeared before Lin Shuang:

[Target: Herta]

[Favorability: 62 (temporarily interested)]

[Relationship: A couple in name only]

["I'll give you a 6. You didn't even spare a doll. You must be really starving!"]

["Sis, you're so absurd that I don't even know how to comment. And there's no reward increase this time."]

[Reward: One green card draw]

The favorability was quite low.

That was Lin Shuang's first impression.

And the rewards were pathetic.

The favorability level hadn't even reached the threshold for the first-tier reward. Lin Shuang was momentarily worried that she might end up with only a white card.

But as the initial warning suggested, it was downgraded to green.

She quickly understood the judgment criteria.

With Silver Wolf, though there was no love between them, both had agreed to the contract.

So it wasn't considered cheating.

But both the Acheron incident and the Herta incident weren't carried out through proper ritual contracts with the person's consent.

Additionally, the favorability level wasn't high enough, so the reward was downgraded.

Still, it wasn't a big deal.

Something was better than nothing.

Looking at Herta's favorability, it wasn't even at 65 points.

Even after Lin Shuang had helped her perfect the simulated universe, and despite the excitement in Herta's voice back then being genuine—

The favorability was still only 62, barely considered friendly.

As expected, Lin Shuang's guess had been right.

Geniuses like Herta and Ruan Mei were separated from ordinary people by an invisible barrier.

Herta's attitude seemed kinder, but in essence, she was very similar to Ruan Mei.

For them, investing emotions in a human was something they completely looked down upon.

So Lin Shuang had never expected to improve Herta's favorability.

Getting a reward even once was good enough. She wasn't expecting anything more.

So—

She drew the card without hesitation!

There were no outsiders anyway.

Herta's puppet was under her control.

So Lin Shuang chose to draw the card immediately after reading the reward content!

But this time, whether by chance or luck—

The green light suddenly turned purple, and then burst into golden light!

"Wha—?!"

Lin Shuang nearly jumped up in excitement.

She even blurted out a curse.

To be honest, after drawing so many cards, this was the first time she had pulled gold.

As the brilliant golden light gradually faded—

A new skill appeared before her:

[Light Cone Replication Technology (One-Click Installation Version)]

["Technology for creating light cones using memory"]

["This is the Garden of Recollection's exclusive secret recipe. Use it wisely."]

[Trigger Memory Skill: [Photo Memory]—Special Effect: A light cone is also a photo of the past, allowing stable extraction of light cone memories.]

"What kind of bizarre ability is this...?"

Lin Shuang blinked. She hadn't expected this skill to come with additional effects.

As the knowledge of light cone technology flooded her mind, she realized she indeed had the ability to create light cones.

But unlike the Memokeepers, she couldn't extract memories at will.

The shortcomings of simple [Photo Memory] were obvious.

But...

What did this special effect mean?

The light cone was already produced. Did she need to extract it again?

Thinking of this, Lin Shuang took out the only light cone she had just obtained in the room.

Then she activated the skill [Photo Memory].

Boom—

As light radiated from the light cone, something like a memory bubble rushed toward Lin Shuang.

Her vision darkened, and everything before her vanished, replaced by an endless galaxy.

A massive, majestic, and impossible-to-comprehend dragon roamed the cosmos.

Even the mere image of the past made Lin Shuang feel the overwhelming, infinite sense of "Permanence."

At that moment, the dragon seemed to notice Lin Shuang's prying eyes. It suddenly shifted its gaze.

Its star-like, majestic eyes glanced in her direction.

At the same time, it curled its body and held its own tail in its mouth.

Buzz...

A complex buzzing resonated in Lin Shuang's consciousness, and this scene imprinted itself into her memory.

What she recalled now was far clearer and more vivid than any image from the light cone.